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Transit Sales and Use Tax

Texas has six metropolitan transit authorities (MTAs), two city transit departments (CTDs), one county transit authority (CTA) and one advanced transportation district (ATD) that impose a sales and use tax. These authorities, their appropriate tax rates, and the participating cities and areas in each transit area are shown below.

The unincorporated areas of southwest and northwest Harris County including Bammel, Cypress, Hockley, Hufsmith, Klein, Satsuma, Westfield, and the portion of Spring within Harris County. The portion of the Woodlands Township in northwest Harris County is not in the Houston MTA.

HB855 Browser Statement

In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 855, which requires state agencies to publish a list of the three most commonly used Web browsers on their websites. The Texas Comptroller’s most commonly used Web browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.